
CWT has added three new leadership positions to its finance team, the travel management company announced.
Jim Shepherd, formerly medical technology supplier Medtronic’s VP of strategy and transformation for global operations and supply chain, has joined CWT as SVP of corporate finance, leading financial planning and finance business partnerships for the TMC. CWT head of strategy, planning and analytics Julia Kou has been named to a newly created role, SVP and chief strategy officer, where she will lead corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and strategic transactions. In addition, CWT has made permanent the appointment of Lisa Papageorge as VP treasurer, a role she has had on an interim basis since joining CWT in February from Service King Collision Repairs, where she led implementation of cash management programs.
All appointments are effective immediately and are reporting to CWT EVP and CFO Bill Courtney. The TMC this week also announced a change in top leadership, with president and chief commercial officer stepping up to the CEO role upon the departure of CEO Michelle McKinney Frymire on May 1.